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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1942-12-31

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Am Ne HE HERST WS-HI VOL. XXV, NUMBER 1 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD MES ' ' ' ' I 1 On and, the sea and in the air Amherst Soldiers and Sailors are Fighting for Liberty Through Going "Wonder" Course "I know now why they call second lieutenants the '90 day wonders,'" wrote Cadet William J. Tisdale to his sister, Mrs. Ray Hollingsworth, Shupe-av, recent ly. "It certainly is a wonder how they survive the 90-day training period." The former Amherst man is taking the "wonder" course at Officers' Candidate School in Maryland. H e described the officers' school as being many times tougher than college. The instructors throw the material at the students fast and furious and they are to remember it all. Everything has to be memorized. The cadet's day starts at 5:20 a. m. and continues until 10:00 at night with every minute full of activity. Bill likes the school ing very much and it is his hope that he will be able to complete the 13 week course. He wrote that one never knows though whether he'll get thru or not. The new cadets saw two fellows who were to graduate get washed out just two hours before the exer cise. These future army officers are observed all of the time and one slip may mean failure to qualify for a commission. The army's tendency is to try to break a man both mentally and physically In order to see if he has what It., takes. to become a gooa omcer, "Everything here makes for a better soldier," his letter went on, "and if I shouldn't qualify to their standards the training have received will still be of tremendous value to me." The fellows have 8 one hour classes aside from drilling and physical training. Tisdale had the rating of corporal prior to his entrance into Officer's Candidate School and he still holds the same rank although all students are classified as cadets. Before his enlistment in the army last June, he had been teaching science in a school in Hartsville for the three preceed-ing years. He was graduated from Amherst high school with the class of '32 and from Bluff-ton college where he received his degree in science. Bill received his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. and it is there where he received his corporal rating. He also had the duties of interviewing men of technical school while he was in Missouri. The address of Cadet Tisdale is Cadet William J. Tisdale, Co. L, 3rd Platoon, Regt. of Cadets CWS OCS., Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Pvt. Gessner Expected Home After Holidays Relatives of Pvt. Charles Gess ner received a letter from him stating that he will be home after New Year's for a furlough and upon his return to New Mexico will be transferred to California where he will enter a m t f r ,f 7, 1 school. Answers To Questions Of Farmers On Slaughtering And Selling Meat A' j Is the toDS and ' i ' " . 4 he wouldn't Is. v-tJf 'jjj change it with L W,iw 4u J any of the people who write him "cheer-up" let ters. He feels that he is much better off than they. He told, his parents not to worry about him because the army is the best place for any young man. It teaches him how to take care of himself and in many cases teaches him a good trade. The South Amherst boy re ceives his mail thru this address: Pvt. Charles Gessner, 35316723, Det. 13-2053, Ord. Ser. Co., Arn., U. S. Air Base, Albuquerque, N. Mexico. Cpl. Bill Stiwald Keeping Up With Fires Corp. Willis Stiwald was home for a short time last weekend, stopping off after taking a troop train to Wisconsin. Bill was home during "our nice weather" and both he and Sgt. Ed Berger, who was also home, were bragging about going south for the winter. . .lucky fellows, the former is stationed in Florida and Ed Is in Alabama. Since the last time we had heard from Corporal Stiwald he has been with a neto group having volunteered for the Commando Air Force two months ago. This new division Is a lot "tougher" and If you're not tough when you go In, i - pq r-Vr ' If Corporal Ehrlich Returned To Fla. The Medical Detachment of the Engineer's . Amphibian Command at Camp Carrabelle, Florida have had a very close example of what it's like to be in action, so we learned from Corporal Charles Ehrlich who Is attached with that Medical Unit in Florida.The maneuvers thev have enne " uessner sun ,hru since his thinks army life jmonth.8 gtay in Florida have not unly given the Amherst youth but the entire command first hand action. "I never thought I'd r go weak in the knees but when we had our first taste of maneuvers after land ing our boats everything happened at once. We were attacked on all sides, in front of us a line of machine guns (firing blanks) was thrown at us, bombs fell, airplanes zoomed low over head and we had our duties to perform the best way possible, More than once we were face down in the sand. Our maneuv ers lasted usually three days at a time and we had three meals during that time. The first day we had breakfast which consist ed of a glass of orange juice, a small portion of canned sausage and egg mix. The next day we had dinner and that was meat balls and spaghetti, a few crack' ers and a portion of butter. Supper came the third day and that was a half a can of kidney beans. There was no teeth cleaning or brushing up during those three days, I can tell you," Corp. Ehrlich related to us. The maneuvers didn't take the shine off army life for Bill but enhanced it all the more. The Amherst athlete finds the Medical Detachment of the Engineering Amphibian Command very in teresting in that excitement runs high in that unit constantly. As far as recreation goes there is not much at Camp Carrabelle. Swimming in the ocean is one of the pastimes but of late the water has been too cold. Recently Bill was elected as non-com to make up the athletic schedule for the camp. At the present leagues in basketball, football, volleyball and baseball are being formed. There aren't too many athletically inclined fellows in his medical detachment, Bill said. Ehrlich, himself, was one of Purdue's fine football players before his induction last May. He leaves Amherst today af ter having his first furlough. He arrived in town a week ago Monday with Dick Asmus, another Amherst youth who is stationed in Florida with the U. S. Navy. Ehrlich is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ehrlich of Elyria-av. The Office of Price Administration has prepared a list of questions repeatedly made concerning restrictions surrounding the slaughter and delivery of controlled meat. The list, together with OPA's answers to the questions are published herewith with the thought that they will be helpful in securing a better understanding of the restriction on consumers, retailers and slaughterers. The list follows: Q: Can a farmer slaughter live animals produced on his own farm for his own home consumption?A: Yes. .' Q: A farmer kills three hogs for his own home consumption and has a surplus of lard which he wishes to sell. Can he do this? A: Yes, because lard is not included under the term "controlled" meat. Q: A farmer kills a beef and can only use one-half and desires to sell the balance to a retail butcher shop. May he do so? A: If he has done this in the comparable quarter of 1941 he may deliver the same amount of each type of controlled meat in the present quarter. If he did not so operate in the comparable quarter of a year ago, he has established no quota and therefore cannot make such deliveries now. Continued on Page 6 Dairy To Quit Mertz Dairy announced this week the closing of their business. Conditions brought about by the war were given as the reason. "Those boys across the pond have caused me to quit business so I feel I have a score to settle with them. With that in mind I'm going to work in a defense plant somewhere," Mertz said. A FEW SERVICE MEN WERE HOME FOR XMAS Among the service men who have been in town over the weekend are Daniel Koepke, Richard Asmus, U. S. Navy; Sgts. Robert Krause, Chester Streicher, Rudolph Puskey, SSgt. Edwin Berger, Corp. Charles Ehrlich, and Willis Stiwald, Pfc. Joe Fuhr-man and Pvt. Robert Fuhrman. Siren At Night Means Lights Out The occupant of every dwelling or business house in Amherst will be immediately responsible for extinguishing lights should the air raid siren be sounded at night. This warning was issued this week by Charles Kendeigh, commander of the local civilian defense council. The local council received a warning from the state council to be constantly on the alert for air raids which might occur at any time. "It's important that all lights in the village be extinguished in event of a raid, and on the first wail of the siren every occupant of either business or residential Continued on Page 6 A iWnruma New fear to GPur Itglffcra One Of Yanks On Broadcast Milead H. Abraham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham of South Amherst, joined the Army Air Corps ,n Jrnuary 28, 1942 and by the time of his first anniversary of army life he will have been in Australia nine months. f On July 17 he was one of the fortunate Yanks In Australia to Nik'l speak over the radio. His message was recorded by the American Red Cross, and sent to the Abraham family. Since then h e has made sev eral recordings in Australia saying "Hello" to all his friends. Pvt. Abraham is now working as an assistant crew chief in the army air corps and expects a rating soon. He has sent many souvenirs from across, one was an Australian boomerang, which, unfortunately, was' broken on its way here. He also sent a slate of Australian Mulga. Milead remarked in a letter to his folks that the Australian girls are nice but he would rather stick to the girls in the U.S.A. He also said that the American boys like it in Australia but are anxious to get the job over and return to the good old U. S. A. Before going across, the South Amherst lad had the chance of seeing a bit of the States, going first to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. for two weeks, then on to Sheppard Field, Texas where he met David Sliman, another South Amherst lad. His next transfer was to Fort McDowell, Angel's Island in San Francisco Bay. From this location he was able to see Alcatraz prison. Pvt. Abraham's address can be secured at the News-Times office should any friend wish it. PVT. ED SOLACK IS IN DRAFTING SCHOOL Pvt. Edward Solack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Florine Solack, is stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. where he is studying to be a draftsman. His address is Pvt. Edward Solack, Flight C, 31st T. S. S., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. it isn't long after that that you are, is the way Bill described burg, Fla. this Commando air force. Aside from army life, the former Amherst fireman has been able to show the Florida people how the Amherst firemen work. Bill assisted in the big hotel fire recently at St. Petersburg. Bill's address Is the same, Corporal Willis Stiwald, SS 587, Prin- cesf Martha Hotel, Si Petert- CAMP WHITE HAD CHRISTMAS TREE Christmas at Camp White, Oregon had that Christmas and homey atmosphere, wrote Pvt, Ray Ott to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ott of Henes-rd. The soldiers there had a large Christmas tree with all the H gifts from home ' J placed around it, plus candy, oranges and oth- er fruit. The soldiers were treated royally that day and of course mild refreshments (beer) was served. Pvt. Ott is in the Mechanical Division of the Medical Detach ment at Camp White. He re celved his basic training at Camp Grant along with Pvta. Clarence Kurth, Geoffrey Monger, and Ludwig Stec, other Amherst men who were inducted In August Mr "T The people of Amherst wish to take this opportunity to wish the most victorious New Year to all the boys and girls of this vicinity who are in the service. Should there be an omission of any name in this list we at the News-Times would appreciate readers inform ing us of those names. We are trying to make our list of service men as complete as possible. George Abraham James Abraham Joseph Abraham Milead Abraham James Allsop Kenneth Altmiller Nelson Amenhauser Paul Anderson Russell Andrews Joseph Andrick Joseph Ashyk James Attie Richard Aschenbach George - Bwchman Carl Balzer Harry Bahl Leo Bahl Charles Barkley Howard Barnhart Nelson Barris James Barry William Barry Walter Bartlome Alfred Baxter Donald Bechtel Howard Becker Robert Becker Kenneth Belden Thomas Belt Frank Benedict Edwin Berger George Blerman Noble Blerman Clarence Blackford Jack Blackford Frank Bogardy Dan Bomback Ray Bomback Raymond Bortner George Boyce John Bosicevich Gerald Bruce William Bruce Bernard Brucker Harold Brucker Charles Buchanan Keith Buchs Hollis Burke Leroy Canfield James Carstensen Robert Cassidy Michael Caswell James Childress Howard Cobb, Jr. Merhle E. Cockarene Elmer Cook Angelo Costanzo Charles Crandall, Jr. Robert Cromwell Ted Csinscak David Daley Don Daley Robert Decker Gilbert Deidrick James Dellefield James Donnelly Charles Draga Adam Drozdowski Henry Edwards, Jr. Robert Edwards Elmer Eggert Ervin Ehlert Charles Ehrlich James Ehrman William Ehrman, Jr. Carl Einwachter Conrad Einwachter William Ellerlngton Henry Ernst Harold Emmerich Jack Essig Robert Ernst Steve Farkas Edward FeUel Joseph Finnegan Robert Flechner Don Franklin John Franklin Howard Franks William Franks Clarence Frederick Ray Frederick Joseph Fuhrman Robert Fuhrman Elroy Fulmer Harold Gaehr Peter Gall Stanley Gambish Charles Garland Robert Garland Charles Gasser Edward Gauman Robert Gerber Charles Gessner Joe Giedlinskl Lawrence Gingery George Gordon Charles Gormley Harry Gorski John Grasse Paul Green, Jr. Dezso Greszler Robert Griffin Fred Gringal Earl Haas Ralph Haas Stanton Hager Vincent Hajas Jed Hall Robert Hall Arnold Hammond Estille Hammond Estle Hardwlck Douglas Harris Lewis Hartle Meredith Hartle Burnett Haynes Lewis Haywood Edward Hengen Floyd Herchler Frank Hermann Vincent Higgins George Hoffman William Hoffman Roy Hoffner Leroy Holl Steve Holovacs Ralph Holzhauer Edward Horvat Lewis Horvat Gilbert Hostetler John House William Huttonlocher Louis Hyster John Innes Alfred Jabbusch Melvin Jackson George Jaeger Burton Jenne Alfred Jones Hubert Jones John Jones Morris Jones William Jones Bernard Kelley Arthur Kelley George Keressi Arthur Kilmer Lyle Klngsley Paul Kiser Keith Kltchin Harold Klein Fred Klcps, Jr. Walter Kleps Carl Knaffla Walter Knaffla George Knipp Joseph Knoble Lawrence Knoble Daniel Koepke Jacok Koepke Arnold Kocpp Charles Kolb Carl Kolbe Ben Kolenda Robert Krause Henry Kreeger Robert Krieg Harold Krieg Anthony Krlst Andrew Krlstancle Walter Krueck Frank Krutch Earl Kubuske Albert Kuhn Germaine Lahiff Joseph Lahiff Clarence Kurth Norman Kurth Carl Lakofsky Harold Lau William Lauever John Lence Arthur Leutz Albert Linden William Linden Richard Logan Arthur Lucas, Jr. Fred Lucas George Lucas Harold Lucey Donald Ludwig John Lupe Robert Laux John Lee, Jr. James Leimbach Joseph Mack Henry Makruski, Jr. Edward Makruski Regis Mannion Vincent Mannion C. Battelle Masters Don C. Mathes Elmer Mathes Julius Maszton H. H. Maxwell Irvin Maxwell Karessa Meitzke Paul Meitzke Willard Mengel Harold Mentzer Clifford Messal Howard Messrole John Mikitka Michael Mikitka Henry Miller Dean Minnis Howard Mitchell John Moore Geoffrey Monger Herbert Morris Edward Morrison Robert J. Mulford Richard Murrell Ralph Myers Robert McCann Joseph McCann Charles McCartney Wayne McCartney Ralph McDowell Hugh McGarvey Ralph E. McKinley John Nabakowski Carl Nagy Frank Nagy John Nagy Harold Niesen Roland Northelm Alex Novak William Oskim Raymond Ott Lawrence Page Joseph Paukst Walter Paukst Alvin Portman Donald Portmann Rudolph Poszgal Price, Leo Clarence Quasnefski Robert Radke George Radosevich Nick Radosevich Walter Radosevich William Raab Leo Redman Frank Reichert Adolph Relmer, Jr. Robert Relnhard John Riddle William Bock Ernest Ruth Earl Sabiers Al Sabo ' Frank Sabo Joseph Sabo ' Alfred Sabota Roman Sabota Peter Sackett Robert Sanders Roy Schaeffer Paul Schairba Donald Schieferstein Walter Schmitz Harold Schneider Carl Schott Earl Schott Floyd Schwitzke John Secat , Andrew Sedensky Henry Sharp, Jr. Al Sharp James Short Jack Simaskevich Michael Sitgale Anthony Sliman David Sliman Glenn Slumska Glenn A. Slusser Joseph Smith Leo Smith Wesley Smith John Smythe, Jr. John Snyder Edward Solack John Spidell Gordon Sprigg Joseph Sroka Ralph Stargel Ludwig Stec Charles Steinke Robert Stevens Willis Stiwald Ivor Stockstill Chester Streicher Vernon Strickler Carl Strozeski Edward Summerlee George Super Paul Swarz Carl Simms .Theodore Szarek Joseph Szekely John Szuch William Szuch Harold Telzerow Arthur Thomas Ralph Thomas Raymond Thomas Leroy Thompson John Thompson Fred Thuembling, Jr. Francis Tompkins Wallace Tomskl Elmos Towne Sam Truscello Leroy Tyler Walter Turno Jack Unger John Urbansky Edwin Van Keuren Gerald Van Keuren Herbert Van Keuren Richard Ward Merrill Walker Mike Warkovich C. E. Weldman Ralph Werner Elmer Wleber Louis Wiegand Charles Wiegand James Wilhelm James Wilker William Wilson Jack Winson Richard Winson Robert Winson George Wiseman, Jr. Henry Witte Earl White Joe Whiton Norman Wolczlkowskl Ray Wallace Alex Yarmock Paul Yarmock Adelbert Young Gilbert Zlllyett Robert Zimmerman James Zunt Zigmont Zagrobelny Asterisk denotes boys who hat enlisted in the armed forces an have not been called yet but i subject to I4-honr call

Am Ne HE HERST WS-HI VOL. XXV, NUMBER 1 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1942 SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD MES ' ' ' ' I 1 On and, the sea and in the air Amherst Soldiers and Sailors are Fighting for Liberty Through Going "Wonder" Course "I know now why they call second lieutenants the '90 day wonders,'" wrote Cadet William J. Tisdale to his sister, Mrs. Ray Hollingsworth, Shupe-av, recent ly. "It certainly is a wonder how they survive the 90-day training period." The former Amherst man is taking the "wonder" course at Officers' Candidate School in Maryland. H e described the officers' school as being many times tougher than college. The instructors throw the material at the students fast and furious and they are to remember it all. Everything has to be memorized. The cadet's day starts at 5:20 a. m. and continues until 10:00 at night with every minute full of activity. Bill likes the school ing very much and it is his hope that he will be able to complete the 13 week course. He wrote that one never knows though whether he'll get thru or not. The new cadets saw two fellows who were to graduate get washed out just two hours before the exer cise. These future army officers are observed all of the time and one slip may mean failure to qualify for a commission. The army's tendency is to try to break a man both mentally and physically In order to see if he has what It., takes. to become a gooa omcer, "Everything here makes for a better soldier," his letter went on, "and if I shouldn't qualify to their standards the training have received will still be of tremendous value to me." The fellows have 8 one hour classes aside from drilling and physical training. Tisdale had the rating of corporal prior to his entrance into Officer's Candidate School and he still holds the same rank although all students are classified as cadets. Before his enlistment in the army last June, he had been teaching science in a school in Hartsville for the three preceed-ing years. He was graduated from Amherst high school with the class of '32 and from Bluff-ton college where he received his degree in science. Bill received his basic training at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. and it is there where he received his corporal rating. He also had the duties of interviewing men of technical school while he was in Missouri. The address of Cadet Tisdale is Cadet William J. Tisdale, Co. L, 3rd Platoon, Regt. of Cadets CWS OCS., Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Pvt. Gessner Expected Home After Holidays Relatives of Pvt. Charles Gess ner received a letter from him stating that he will be home after New Year's for a furlough and upon his return to New Mexico will be transferred to California where he will enter a m t f r ,f 7, 1 school. Answers To Questions Of Farmers On Slaughtering And Selling Meat A' j Is the toDS and ' i ' " . 4 he wouldn't Is. v-tJf 'jjj change it with L W,iw 4u J any of the people who write him "cheer-up" let ters. He feels that he is much better off than they. He told, his parents not to worry about him because the army is the best place for any young man. It teaches him how to take care of himself and in many cases teaches him a good trade. The South Amherst boy re ceives his mail thru this address: Pvt. Charles Gessner, 35316723, Det. 13-2053, Ord. Ser. Co., Arn., U. S. Air Base, Albuquerque, N. Mexico. Cpl. Bill Stiwald Keeping Up With Fires Corp. Willis Stiwald was home for a short time last weekend, stopping off after taking a troop train to Wisconsin. Bill was home during "our nice weather" and both he and Sgt. Ed Berger, who was also home, were bragging about going south for the winter. . .lucky fellows, the former is stationed in Florida and Ed Is in Alabama. Since the last time we had heard from Corporal Stiwald he has been with a neto group having volunteered for the Commando Air Force two months ago. This new division Is a lot "tougher" and If you're not tough when you go In, i - pq r-Vr ' If Corporal Ehrlich Returned To Fla. The Medical Detachment of the Engineer's . Amphibian Command at Camp Carrabelle, Florida have had a very close example of what it's like to be in action, so we learned from Corporal Charles Ehrlich who Is attached with that Medical Unit in Florida.The maneuvers thev have enne " uessner sun ,hru since his thinks army life jmonth.8 gtay in Florida have not unly given the Amherst youth but the entire command first hand action. "I never thought I'd r go weak in the knees but when we had our first taste of maneuvers after land ing our boats everything happened at once. We were attacked on all sides, in front of us a line of machine guns (firing blanks) was thrown at us, bombs fell, airplanes zoomed low over head and we had our duties to perform the best way possible, More than once we were face down in the sand. Our maneuv ers lasted usually three days at a time and we had three meals during that time. The first day we had breakfast which consist ed of a glass of orange juice, a small portion of canned sausage and egg mix. The next day we had dinner and that was meat balls and spaghetti, a few crack' ers and a portion of butter. Supper came the third day and that was a half a can of kidney beans. There was no teeth cleaning or brushing up during those three days, I can tell you," Corp. Ehrlich related to us. The maneuvers didn't take the shine off army life for Bill but enhanced it all the more. The Amherst athlete finds the Medical Detachment of the Engineering Amphibian Command very in teresting in that excitement runs high in that unit constantly. As far as recreation goes there is not much at Camp Carrabelle. Swimming in the ocean is one of the pastimes but of late the water has been too cold. Recently Bill was elected as non-com to make up the athletic schedule for the camp. At the present leagues in basketball, football, volleyball and baseball are being formed. There aren't too many athletically inclined fellows in his medical detachment, Bill said. Ehrlich, himself, was one of Purdue's fine football players before his induction last May. He leaves Amherst today af ter having his first furlough. He arrived in town a week ago Monday with Dick Asmus, another Amherst youth who is stationed in Florida with the U. S. Navy. Ehrlich is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ehrlich of Elyria-av. The Office of Price Administration has prepared a list of questions repeatedly made concerning restrictions surrounding the slaughter and delivery of controlled meat. The list, together with OPA's answers to the questions are published herewith with the thought that they will be helpful in securing a better understanding of the restriction on consumers, retailers and slaughterers. The list follows: Q: Can a farmer slaughter live animals produced on his own farm for his own home consumption?A: Yes. .' Q: A farmer kills three hogs for his own home consumption and has a surplus of lard which he wishes to sell. Can he do this? A: Yes, because lard is not included under the term "controlled" meat. Q: A farmer kills a beef and can only use one-half and desires to sell the balance to a retail butcher shop. May he do so? A: If he has done this in the comparable quarter of 1941 he may deliver the same amount of each type of controlled meat in the present quarter. If he did not so operate in the comparable quarter of a year ago, he has established no quota and therefore cannot make such deliveries now. Continued on Page 6 Dairy To Quit Mertz Dairy announced this week the closing of their business. Conditions brought about by the war were given as the reason. "Those boys across the pond have caused me to quit business so I feel I have a score to settle with them. With that in mind I'm going to work in a defense plant somewhere," Mertz said. A FEW SERVICE MEN WERE HOME FOR XMAS Among the service men who have been in town over the weekend are Daniel Koepke, Richard Asmus, U. S. Navy; Sgts. Robert Krause, Chester Streicher, Rudolph Puskey, SSgt. Edwin Berger, Corp. Charles Ehrlich, and Willis Stiwald, Pfc. Joe Fuhr-man and Pvt. Robert Fuhrman. Siren At Night Means Lights Out The occupant of every dwelling or business house in Amherst will be immediately responsible for extinguishing lights should the air raid siren be sounded at night. This warning was issued this week by Charles Kendeigh, commander of the local civilian defense council. The local council received a warning from the state council to be constantly on the alert for air raids which might occur at any time. "It's important that all lights in the village be extinguished in event of a raid, and on the first wail of the siren every occupant of either business or residential Continued on Page 6 A iWnruma New fear to GPur Itglffcra One Of Yanks On Broadcast Milead H. Abraham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham of South Amherst, joined the Army Air Corps ,n Jrnuary 28, 1942 and by the time of his first anniversary of army life he will have been in Australia nine months. f On July 17 he was one of the fortunate Yanks In Australia to Nik'l speak over the radio. His message was recorded by the American Red Cross, and sent to the Abraham family. Since then h e has made sev eral recordings in Australia saying "Hello" to all his friends. Pvt. Abraham is now working as an assistant crew chief in the army air corps and expects a rating soon. He has sent many souvenirs from across, one was an Australian boomerang, which, unfortunately, was' broken on its way here. He also sent a slate of Australian Mulga. Milead remarked in a letter to his folks that the Australian girls are nice but he would rather stick to the girls in the U.S.A. He also said that the American boys like it in Australia but are anxious to get the job over and return to the good old U. S. A. Before going across, the South Amherst lad had the chance of seeing a bit of the States, going first to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. for two weeks, then on to Sheppard Field, Texas where he met David Sliman, another South Amherst lad. His next transfer was to Fort McDowell, Angel's Island in San Francisco Bay. From this location he was able to see Alcatraz prison. Pvt. Abraham's address can be secured at the News-Times office should any friend wish it. PVT. ED SOLACK IS IN DRAFTING SCHOOL Pvt. Edward Solack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Florine Solack, is stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. where he is studying to be a draftsman. His address is Pvt. Edward Solack, Flight C, 31st T. S. S., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. it isn't long after that that you are, is the way Bill described burg, Fla. this Commando air force. Aside from army life, the former Amherst fireman has been able to show the Florida people how the Amherst firemen work. Bill assisted in the big hotel fire recently at St. Petersburg. Bill's address Is the same, Corporal Willis Stiwald, SS 587, Prin- cesf Martha Hotel, Si Petert- CAMP WHITE HAD CHRISTMAS TREE Christmas at Camp White, Oregon had that Christmas and homey atmosphere, wrote Pvt, Ray Ott to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ott of Henes-rd. The soldiers there had a large Christmas tree with all the H gifts from home ' J placed around it, plus candy, oranges and oth- er fruit. The soldiers were treated royally that day and of course mild refreshments (beer) was served. Pvt. Ott is in the Mechanical Division of the Medical Detach ment at Camp White. He re celved his basic training at Camp Grant along with Pvta. Clarence Kurth, Geoffrey Monger, and Ludwig Stec, other Amherst men who were inducted In August Mr "T The people of Amherst wish to take this opportunity to wish the most victorious New Year to all the boys and girls of this vicinity who are in the service. Should there be an omission of any name in this list we at the News-Times would appreciate readers inform ing us of those names. We are trying to make our list of service men as complete as possible. George Abraham James Abraham Joseph Abraham Milead Abraham James Allsop Kenneth Altmiller Nelson Amenhauser Paul Anderson Russell Andrews Joseph Andrick Joseph Ashyk James Attie Richard Aschenbach George - Bwchman Carl Balzer Harry Bahl Leo Bahl Charles Barkley Howard Barnhart Nelson Barris James Barry William Barry Walter Bartlome Alfred Baxter Donald Bechtel Howard Becker Robert Becker Kenneth Belden Thomas Belt Frank Benedict Edwin Berger George Blerman Noble Blerman Clarence Blackford Jack Blackford Frank Bogardy Dan Bomback Ray Bomback Raymond Bortner George Boyce John Bosicevich Gerald Bruce William Bruce Bernard Brucker Harold Brucker Charles Buchanan Keith Buchs Hollis Burke Leroy Canfield James Carstensen Robert Cassidy Michael Caswell James Childress Howard Cobb, Jr. Merhle E. Cockarene Elmer Cook Angelo Costanzo Charles Crandall, Jr. Robert Cromwell Ted Csinscak David Daley Don Daley Robert Decker Gilbert Deidrick James Dellefield James Donnelly Charles Draga Adam Drozdowski Henry Edwards, Jr. Robert Edwards Elmer Eggert Ervin Ehlert Charles Ehrlich James Ehrman William Ehrman, Jr. Carl Einwachter Conrad Einwachter William Ellerlngton Henry Ernst Harold Emmerich Jack Essig Robert Ernst Steve Farkas Edward FeUel Joseph Finnegan Robert Flechner Don Franklin John Franklin Howard Franks William Franks Clarence Frederick Ray Frederick Joseph Fuhrman Robert Fuhrman Elroy Fulmer Harold Gaehr Peter Gall Stanley Gambish Charles Garland Robert Garland Charles Gasser Edward Gauman Robert Gerber Charles Gessner Joe Giedlinskl Lawrence Gingery George Gordon Charles Gormley Harry Gorski John Grasse Paul Green, Jr. Dezso Greszler Robert Griffin Fred Gringal Earl Haas Ralph Haas Stanton Hager Vincent Hajas Jed Hall Robert Hall Arnold Hammond Estille Hammond Estle Hardwlck Douglas Harris Lewis Hartle Meredith Hartle Burnett Haynes Lewis Haywood Edward Hengen Floyd Herchler Frank Hermann Vincent Higgins George Hoffman William Hoffman Roy Hoffner Leroy Holl Steve Holovacs Ralph Holzhauer Edward Horvat Lewis Horvat Gilbert Hostetler John House William Huttonlocher Louis Hyster John Innes Alfred Jabbusch Melvin Jackson George Jaeger Burton Jenne Alfred Jones Hubert Jones John Jones Morris Jones William Jones Bernard Kelley Arthur Kelley George Keressi Arthur Kilmer Lyle Klngsley Paul Kiser Keith Kltchin Harold Klein Fred Klcps, Jr. Walter Kleps Carl Knaffla Walter Knaffla George Knipp Joseph Knoble Lawrence Knoble Daniel Koepke Jacok Koepke Arnold Kocpp Charles Kolb Carl Kolbe Ben Kolenda Robert Krause Henry Kreeger Robert Krieg Harold Krieg Anthony Krlst Andrew Krlstancle Walter Krueck Frank Krutch Earl Kubuske Albert Kuhn Germaine Lahiff Joseph Lahiff Clarence Kurth Norman Kurth Carl Lakofsky Harold Lau William Lauever John Lence Arthur Leutz Albert Linden William Linden Richard Logan Arthur Lucas, Jr. Fred Lucas George Lucas Harold Lucey Donald Ludwig John Lupe Robert Laux John Lee, Jr. James Leimbach Joseph Mack Henry Makruski, Jr. Edward Makruski Regis Mannion Vincent Mannion C. Battelle Masters Don C. Mathes Elmer Mathes Julius Maszton H. H. Maxwell Irvin Maxwell Karessa Meitzke Paul Meitzke Willard Mengel Harold Mentzer Clifford Messal Howard Messrole John Mikitka Michael Mikitka Henry Miller Dean Minnis Howard Mitchell John Moore Geoffrey Monger Herbert Morris Edward Morrison Robert J. Mulford Richard Murrell Ralph Myers Robert McCann Joseph McCann Charles McCartney Wayne McCartney Ralph McDowell Hugh McGarvey Ralph E. 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Weldman Ralph Werner Elmer Wleber Louis Wiegand Charles Wiegand James Wilhelm James Wilker William Wilson Jack Winson Richard Winson Robert Winson George Wiseman, Jr. Henry Witte Earl White Joe Whiton Norman Wolczlkowskl Ray Wallace Alex Yarmock Paul Yarmock Adelbert Young Gilbert Zlllyett Robert Zimmerman James Zunt Zigmont Zagrobelny Asterisk denotes boys who hat enlisted in the armed forces an have not been called yet but i subject to I4-honr call